Suspense Episode Of The Supernatural

These are the darker side of television shows, but read with caution, because you might never see these shows the same.

The Haunting by Joan Lowery Nixon is a mystery novel about how a teenage girl learns about the brave women in her family who did not even go near their famous haunted plantation, Graymoss. Fifteen year old Lia Starling just received the message that her great grandmother is giving her mother Anne, the property of Graymoss plantation. It has been kept in good care since Charlotte Blevin’s, (Lia’s great, great, great grandmother) grandfather died during the Civil War. Her parents dreamed of having a large family with a dozen unadopted children. But her parents refuse to listen to anyone about the evil spirits that haunts Graymoss. Lia gives her all to find out who or what the spirits wants even when she is scared to death. In the end, she solves

Suspense is when the author makes the reader, or audience excited or scared for what might happen in the story, or even what will happen to the character next in the story. Suspense might even be something you see or hear that will make you have questions about what will happen next. If there is a cliffhanger at the end of a story, it will leave you with questions wondering what will happen to the characters next. The mood, tone, setting, emotions of character, sound and sight might affect how the story is suspenseful. We all enjoy watching suspenseful movies and reading stories, because they are exciting. It leaves us with questions that the author won't have the answers to in the end, so the author gives us as the audience, the chance to make up their own ending to the story or movie. The author will give you clues throughout the story, to help you fill in questions you might have in the end. This makes it more exciting for the reader and the audience because we get to engage with the characters in the book or movie. The tv series, Stranger Things, is about 4 kids who have to fight off monsters in a little town in Indiana. This TV show is a great example of suspense, and it shows it effectively because, of Foreshadowing, Dilemma, and Dramatic Irony presented throughout the show. With just using those four examples, Stranger Things is a great example of suspense.

In the film an atmosphere of suspense is created using various film techniques such as lighting, music and through the plot itself. The film also takes on a Gothic tone using different characteristics and techniques such as the settings, symbolism, emotions such as fear and the different atmospheres in the film. The director explores the theme of good vs evil through different elements and characters in the film generally following normal good vs evil stereotypes with some exceptions.

“‘Watch out!” screamed Maggie. Suddenly the road took a sharp turn, and a huge oak tree loomed in my headlights”(Shusterman 39). When Neal Shusterman uses suspense it’s usually in a way that would probably end badly. He loves to try and hook the reader with suspense, so then the readers would want to keep reading that same book. As evidence in Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman and “The Abandoned Farmhouse” by Ted Kooser, suspense can be effectively created through the use of imagery.

In the passage from Friday Night Lights Bissinger creates a suspenseful mood. The excerpt is from when a team of high school football players are waiting to play in football game. Their town is counting on them to win which is creating great pressure on them. “In the silence of that locker room it was hard not to admire these boys as well as fear for them, hard not to get caught up in the intoxicating craziness of it, hard not to whisper ‘My god!’” The passage uses diction to enhance the feeling of suspension by saying the room has an intoxicating craziness even though the room is silent.

One way Stephen King increased the sense of horror and suspense in the excerpt is by adding a time limit and details. For example, when Cujo was about to jump into the open window next to Tad's seat and when Donna tried to close the window. This was an example of the time limit that I said earlier because Donna had to be fast when closing the window, if she was too slow then Cujo would've gotten into the car and they would die. This is shown in the text in paragraph 32 where it says, "...moving with such a hard muscular spasm that she cracked her fingers on the window crank. She turned it as fast as she could, panting, feeling Tad squirming beneath her." When Donna noticed Cujo moving toward Tad's window, she rushed toward the window and tried

The protagonist of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House is Eleanor Vance, an emotionally underdeveloped young woman with a dark past. As a character, she has a deep connection to the broad theme of family within the novel, and more specifically, how the lack of family when it is desperately needed leads to emptiness.

Supernatural events are caused by unexplained forces of nature with no explanation whatsoever. These phenomenals often include satanic curses and rituals to a person place or thing that often include ghosts, hauntings, demons, myths and legends. This topic is so controversial that most of the popular works of art such as books, movies, and tv shows are associated with the genre of horror and superstition. One famous American short story writer known as Washington Irving wrote a famous short story and in this story, he uses the supernatural to dictate the plot of the story.

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when someone says, haunted houses? Scary? Ghosts? Studies show that people hear and see things that aren’t there when they are scared or frightened. Leading them to report “paranormal” activity. Haunted houses make people do that. But, in order to successfully understand the Amityville haunting, one must know the murderer of the family, the other family who purchased the home, and how the haunting of the house started.

The neighbors in this clip from “Rosemary’s Baby” are the pinnacle of weird behavior. This movie was made in 1968 adapted from the book “Rosemary’s Baby” written by Ira Levin. The story is about a girl named Rosemary, who recently has had a baby. Her husband is a small time actor whose success is just starting to pick up. There neighbors, the Casavets seem very nice at first, but this changes extremely fast when she realizes they are Satanists. This part of the film shows Rosemary holding a knife. She wants her child back from these creepy people. They had given her sedatives and according to the people there she took too many and was going crazy. She goes to look at her baby only to see its eyes are cut out. She screams and Mr. Casavet says, “He’s got his fathers eyes” referring to Satan. They keep talking about how her son is the son of Satan and they keep saying how “God is dead.” It is a very eerie seen that creates a chilling mood.

Criminal Minds is an FBI drama that identifies suspects through behavioral/ psychological profiling. This show has exceeded the expectations of many and has brought an interesting view to society of the minds of a criminal. If you are ready to have your mind blown, confused, or even slightly disturbed this is a great show to watch. I applaud the writers of this show for taking risk with every episode that is written, and for bringing a new and exciting twist to every episode. This show will not

During the episode, the Special Victims Unit used linkage analysis and geographical profiling. There had been multiple little boys who had been kidnapped all around the same area, so the detectives used linkage analysis to see how and if these crimes are connected. Then, based on geographical profiling, the detectives were able to find the location of the offender. The show did a great job of showing how little information can be used to put bigger pieces together, like the fact that one of the little boys was buried under new cement and the perpetrator, who was an apartment manager, just put in new cement in the building. Having people who can look at those little connections can have a great impact on the process of finding the perpetrator,

It’s late at night and you are up with your friends telling scary ghost stories or daring them to do the classic game Bloody Mary. Eventually the fun ends sending you back into reality until you turn on one of the best supernatural shows or movies out there escaping once more. Supernatural shows and movies are all good , but the best share similar qualities.

Horror stories focus on creating a feeling of fear and shock using many sources. There are many sources of horror besides monsters and there are more factors involved in making stories part of the horror genre, including supernatural elements, hubris, and setting. Stories including the “Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Outsider” by H.P. Lovecraft, and “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs include these elements.